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The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History holds seminars on most Thursdays during the academic year. Please refer to the current schedule for more details.

Collection Information

The Department of Ornithology has a combined collection in excess of one million specimens. The majority of our holdings are in the form of skins (flat and round), supplemented by skeletons, fluid-preserved, egg shells and tissue samples.

The collections may be accessed in person or via a loan. For access to any of our collections please contact our Collections Manager, Paul Sweet, by email or at 212-769-5780. Questions about our database should be addressed to our Data Manager, Tom Trombone, by email or at 212-313-7783.